You should have received a rejection message. Make sure you have email notification enabled in your profile.

Edit: Just did a quick Google search. If it's the band from Serbia then the music sounds like acceptable sludge/stoner metal to me based on the samples on their MySpace page. As long as you can prove that they have released something physically then there shouldn't be a problem with getting them accepted next time.

I tried to add a Finnish band called Musta turta, however it was rejected because of the rule #7 (must have physical release). The band indeed has one, though I haven't that album nor I know the tracklisting so I couldn't add it to the discography. But I added a note about their demo in the additional notes field and put also three links to the reviews of the record. Aren't review links enough to prove that album has released something? The links are however Finnish, so a non-Finnish moderator of course can not understand the content of the links... But I had added the links in the links section, and the title of the links were like "Review @ reviewplace.com"

The reviews are such proof only when they explicitly state that the album was physically released. As you said, they are in Finnish and I do not know what they say. The official communication language for the page is in English.

Edit: Now I see the third review mentions it. Sorry for that, but you should point out the respective passage from such non-English review in your submission.

Just wondering why Between the Buried and Me was deleted. They barely had any metalcore influence, any such influence has long been stripped. Their latest 3 albums are nothing but progressive metal (with plenty of other jazz, blues, etc.)

If you carefully read through the former version of this topic you will find ample reasons why BTBAM are not on this site. But well, I guess it is the right time of the month for another BTBAM fan to come pestering us all about why they are not on the site and why it so preposterous that they have been deleted!Next month another newbie will do the same and the story will continue. It seems just like the muppet's Veterinarian hospital with the continuing story of the quack that's gone to the dogs!

Terribly sorry for not carefully reading through the 208 pages from the former thread. Your response is much more helpful than a simple answer. Next time I'll sit alone in my room for 6 hours reading of people complaining (if I may say so myself, I was rather polite and diplomatic in my request).

Sorry, But I do not trust you. Zurvan Records is obviously your own label.

Unless the CD will be released by some etstablished label outside of Iran, the band will not be acepted.
That is not discrimination by nationality, by a result of behaviour of your many countrymen, wh completely disrespect our rules and could do anything to get the band accepted.
Besides that, it was confirmed by a trustful Iranian user, that there is no metal label in Iran.

Sorry, But I do not trust you. Zurvan Records is obviously your own label.

Unless the CD will be released by some etstablished label outside of Iran, the band will not be acepted.That is not discrimination by nationality, by a result of behaviour of your many countrymen, wh completely disrespect our rules and could do anything to get the band accepted.Besides that, it was confirmed by a trustful Iranian user, that there is no metal label in Iran.

Seriously? Is this a joke? There a shitloads of bands who are on MA and get accepted just because they released CDs independently, and this is no different. Also, plenty of bands get accepted just for having home-made demos or CD-R releases!

Dark Leader clearly has physical releases, what does it matter whether or not they are on an established label!?

Sorry, But I do not trust you. Zurvan Records is obviously your own label.

Unless the CD will be released by some etstablished label outside of Iran, the band will not be acepted.That is not discrimination by nationality, by a result of behaviour of your many countrymen, wh completely disrespect our rules and could do anything to get the band accepted.Besides that, it was confirmed by a trustful Iranian user, that there is no metal label in Iran.

Seriously? Is this a joke? There a shitloads of bands who are on MA and get accepted just because they released CDs independently, and this is no different. Also, plenty of bands get accepted just for having home-made demos or CD-R releases!

Dark Leader clearly has physical releases, what does it matter whether or not they are on an established label!?

Unless it's a really good photoshop I don't see how it could be faked. It's pretty clear that it's a pro-CD rather than a CD-r with a paper sticker (those wouldn't have the background shine through in the middle) or one printed in a CD jet (those usually have a logo of the manufacturer in the transparent part in the middle) and pro-CDs don't usually come individually but can mostly just be ordered in bulk, so unless as I said it's a really good photoshop or the guy knows someone in a printing plant who could make him a single copy of this CD for him to fake his band onto the Archives (seems like a rather excessive (and cost-ineffective) amount of effort) there isn't really much room for that release being a fake.

The release is limited to 40 copies. As you said: unless the guy knows someone in a printing plant who could make him only 40 copies of pro CDs, this is not a pro CD but a pro CD-R, which can easily be made in one copy only.